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20.2.2.2 File Selectors</a>
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  <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4722' xml:id='l2h-4722' class="class">DirList</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixDirList.htm"
  >DirList</a> widget
displays a list view of a directory, its previous directories and its
sub-directories. The user can choose one of the directories displayed
in the list or change to another directory.
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  <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4723' xml:id='l2h-4723' class="class">DirTree</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixDirTree.htm"
  >DirTree</a>
widget displays a tree view of a directory, its previous directories
and its sub-directories. The user can choose one of the directories
displayed in the list or change to another directory.
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  <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4724' xml:id='l2h-4724' class="class">DirSelectDialog</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixDirSelectDialog.htm"
  >DirSelectDialog</a>
widget presents the directories in the file system in a dialog
window.  The user can use this dialog window to navigate through the
file system to select the desired directory.
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  <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4725' xml:id='l2h-4725' class="class">DirSelectBox</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
The <tt class="class">DirSelectBox</tt> is similar
to the standard Motif(TM) directory-selection box. It is generally used for
the user to choose a directory. DirSelectBox stores the directories mostly
recently selected into a ComboBox widget so that they can be quickly
selected again.
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  <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4726' xml:id='l2h-4726' class="class">ExFileSelectBox</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixExFileSelectBox.htm"
  >ExFileSelectBox</a>
widget is usually embedded in a tixExFileSelectDialog widget. It
provides an convenient method for the user to select files. The style
of the <tt class="class">ExFileSelectBox</tt> widget is very similar to the standard
file dialog on MS Windows 3.1.
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  <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4727' xml:id='l2h-4727' class="class">FileSelectBox</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixFileSelectBox.htm"
  >FileSelectBox</a>
is similar to the standard Motif(TM) file-selection box. It is
generally used for the user to choose a file. FileSelectBox stores the
files mostly recently selected into a <tt class="class">ComboBox</tt> widget so that
they can be quickly selected again.
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  <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4728' xml:id='l2h-4728' class="class">FileEntry</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixFileEntry.htm"
  >FileEntry</a>
widget can be used to input a filename. The user can type in the
filename manually. Alternatively, the user can press the button widget
that sits next to the entry, which will bring up a file selection
dialog.
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